[Zhongyingmei] An alien cub fell from the sky

"I thought you weren't coming back tonight," Jonathan said slowly while adjusting the shape of the window, "Tsk, it's a shame, when I was young, I would have given away all the rings..."

"Sure what?" Martha just came up from the stairs.

"It's nothing, I only sent one ring, you know my dear!" Jonathan said quickly.

"Hmph," Martha gave Jonathan a warning look, "Joe, just do it as usual, don't make too many new tricks!"

Martha understands Jonathan's love for decoration very clearly, but in contrast to his strong action, there is also Jonathan's extremely... unique aesthetics.

After all, if it weren't for being limited by the innate aesthetic ability, Jonathan, who has reached the full level of various artistic skills, would have become a world-renowned master long ago...

"Understood, my dear, just leave it to me." Jonathan enthusiastically perfunctory, "Our house will be the same as before in two days, you go to see some children first, here is Clark Just ask Carl to help."

After Martha left with suspicion, Jonathan finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was so dangerous that he was almost exposed as a trap in the ceiling!

It doesn't work, but the scary ceiling that pops up is really cool!

"dad……"

Clark landed on the terrace on the second floor of his house, watched Jonathan install another window, and then handed Jonathan something.

"Well, you should already know that?"

Although it was a question sentence, Jonathan spoke in a very positive tone, and did not accept the item.

It was a pendant, with two broken feathers, one black and one white, that seemed to be scorched, hung on a thin iridium chain.

This is one of the few things in Clark that has not been completely burned by the hell flames of Sangong, and of course, it didn't look like this before being burned.

It was originally a ring.

"I still can't believe it." Clark took back the feather pendant, thought about it, and put it in his pocket.

"I can't believe it? I actually moved your memory?" Jonathan clapped his hands, motioned Carl to put down the materials in his hands, took out a few sofas and tables, and sat down to drink coffee.

"No," Clark shook his head, "Dad, you, a crappy wizard, can actually make such a powerful magic item, it's simply unreasonable!"

"You boy!" Jonathan glared, and was so angry that he almost took out his kryptonite broom. Thinking about his fault, he swallowed it back.

"Crowley got it for me," Jonathan admitted helplessly. "After Jason's soul was retrieved, the black and white pocket watch disintegrated automatically. The two feathers were affected by various magical powers and cosmic energy. It has changed a lot, and it would be a waste to put it there, so I asked Crowley to help infuse a memory magic into it."

"It's the mental protection on me?" Clark scratched his head, "That's really powerful, neither Zatanna nor Jon can crack it."

"No," Jonathan stretched out a finger and shook it, "This is the most subtle part, there is no problem with the mental protection, but I spent a lot of money to get one for everyone in the family, just the magic material It can completely bankrupt most wizards."

The handwriting of the archangel and the original devil is indeed not bad.Don't look at it not holding on for a second in front of Sangong, but that is the strongest innate ability of the Demon King after all!A slightly weaker psychic user would not be able to control any member of the Kent family, including Xiao Krypton!

"Then why..."

"Because I made another deal with Crowley." Jonathan exhaled, "That ring carries the power of Crowley and Aziraphale at the same time. Protected back door judgment."

This means that in order to detect the influence of the ring, one must break through the mental protection.But the ring itself doesn't need to carry too much power to bypass the spiritual protection.

"It's not mind control, it's not memory weaving, it's just a hint." Jonathan blinked, "As I said just now, its only function is to give you a hint and make you have a ' Give up the idea of ​​being Superman, everything else is your own decision."

In addition, the ring itself also has a small hinting spell, which makes people ignore its existence.No one would care about the sudden addition of an accessory to Clark, even Clark himself would ignore it subconsciously.

Only Billy noticed the ring. Although Billy didn't know what it was, he had to say that this kind of magical talent...was really unkent.

Clark thought about it, and it seemed that everything was right. Even thinking about it now, every decision and everything he made was still reasonable.If he really wanted to retire, that's exactly what he would want to do.

Even, if Sannomiya hadn't destroyed the ring and made Clark aware of its existence, Clark might still not realize that the decision he made earlier was because of it.

"But... why?" Clark finally asked the most important question, "Why did you do this, Dad?"

"...Superhero is destined to be a journey with no return. No one wants his family to do such a dangerous thing." Jonathan finally gave the answer.

"No, no," Clark did not accept the answer, "Dad, you are not such a cowardly person. You encouraged me to become a Superman, not to mention, I am not the only superhero in our family!"

Clark counted on his fingers: "Karl and Martha don't count, and Krypton doesn't count, at least Connor and Billy have already embarked on this path, and the two children are still fighting, there is no reason to let I'm going home, not to mention, Dad, you can't get rid of the alliance. Also, Bruce is our family, and he won't give up..."

"But you're different from them, from us." Jonathan sighed, "If you're like Carl, I'd be relieved. Yes, I once approved of you becoming Superman, but I never wanted you to always be superhuman." To be Superman, you have to have a retirement plan."

"But I'm only thirty, Dad," Clark said dumbfounded, "Of course I thought about not being Superman anymore, but that's all..."

"What are they?" Jonathan asked back, "In your plan, when can you stop."

"I..." Clark opened his mouth, but found that he really couldn't answer this question.

"Aren't the others the same?" Clark could only say in a muffled voice.

"It's not the same," Jonathan shook his head lightly, "I talked to Connor, the little guy's thinking is much more serious than yours, he plans to officially get together when Tim graduates from college, stop the activities of the Young Justice League, himself Buy a little house and do something else. As for Billy, Billy's situation is special."

Jonathan rubbed his temples: "Billy's duty as Shazam is essentially to guard the incarnation of the seven deadly sins and guard the Rock of Eternity. Four of the incarnations of the seven deadly sins have disappeared, and we can find a way for the remaining three Get rid of it. As for the duties of the Rock of Eternity, it is much more stable than a superhero. Even with Billy's talent and more time than the old wizard, it is possible to establish Kama Taj. can be passed on.”

"But you are different."

Jonathan stared straight at Clark: "Superman has become a symbol. As long as this world is not perfect, someone will always need a symbol like Superman. If it's not now, then tell me when you expect it to be Make Superman disappear?"

"I……"

"At this point, you and Bruce are not even as good as those kids." Jonathan didn't give Clark a chance to defend himself, "Dick, Jason, and the slightly older kids on Mount Justice, they all have their own visions for the future and planning, and never thought of carrying the whole world on my shoulders.

We all know that kid Wayne is a paranoid, but I'm not too worried, because Bruce is only human after all, and sooner or later he needs to make a retirement plan for himself whether he wants to or not.But you're different, Clark..."

Jonathan also reached out and took out a ring again: "You have almost eternal life, Clark, which means you are likely to be trapped in the symbol of Superman forever. We all know that people who do this never end well , whether it is for you or for this world, the world of injustice may be the mildest possibility. Instead of pushing the problem to an uncertain future, I would rather extinguish this possibility with my own hands."

In the end, Jonathan left the choice to Clark himself. The ring he took out had the same function as the previous one. If Clark was willing to pick it up, he would forget about this ring and continue to enjoy his life with peace of mind. "retired life.

Clark was silent, he knew that what Jonathan said was true.

Sooner or later, Superman needs to disappear one day, and no one can sit forever in the false sky that is held up by everyone.After seeing many parallel universes, Clark understands very well that even his own reason may not necessarily be trustworthy.

It's the same as Bruce, Clark couldn't help thinking.

Clark thought about his future with Bruce. Superman and Batman are soul mates, the best partners, but if the two of them want to go further, one of them needs to make some changes. If...

"I……"

……

"Bruce! F**king! Wayne!"

"boom!"

The entrance to the Batcave was kicked open, and a Nightwing who looked about to go mad broke in, followed by a bunch of Robins.

"Master Grayson, please be gentle, that door is very well maintained..."

"This is not my problem, Alfred, you should ask what this guy did!" Dick volleyed off the high platform and rushed to Bruce in two steps, "I need an explanation!"

"Explain what?" Bruce asked calmly, stopping what he was doing.

"You left us all in Gotham and accepted Clark's marriage proposal yourself!" Dick complained angrily.

"That's not a marriage proposal, it's just..."

"It's just a ring, balabala, everyone saw it!" Dick was so angry that he couldn't help somersaulting a few times in the Batcave, "Everyone saw it except us! Only we weren't there!"

"I didn't expect Clark to do that," Bruce explained helplessly. "Be reasonable, Dick, it's not my fault."